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Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth

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Simultaneously decoding the transcriptome, epigenome and 3D genome within a single cell

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Starting point for a COVID drug is the 5000th protein structure decoded at BESSY II

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Can we observe Earth-like exoplanets from our own planet?

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Mumps infections reveal that vaccine-preventable illnesses are resurging in the U.S.

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Methanol-tolerant microbial strain could make sustainable biomanufacturing more economically viable

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Inflammation might cause Alzheimer's – here's how to reduce it

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A new 'molecular switch' for inborn immunity identified

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Saving the Girl with Dementia

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Gravitational waves reveal hidden structure of galactic centers

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Light-guided 'optovolution' evolves proteins that switch states on schedule

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments

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The remarkable brains of ‘SuperAgers’ hold clues about how we age

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Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse

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Satellite images uncover new threat to emperor penguins during their annual molt

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Can we design sports shoes that don't squeak? Here's what the science says

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New Strides Made on Deceptively Simple ‘Lonely Runner’ Problem

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Meet 'Tous'—an entirely new genus of mammal

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NASA rules out asteroid smashup on the moon in 2032

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X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacity

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Carbon emissions now more than double the planetary boundary, analysis finds

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Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades

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Data reveal a significant acceleration of global warming since 2015

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Robots with fingernails can grasp thin edges

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A superradiant clock phase emerges when Rydberg atoms meet quantum light, simulations suggest

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Are Killer Whales Also Cannibals?

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Researchers thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction—what they discovered upends genetic conventions

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Artificial feeding platform transforms study of ticks and their diseases

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People who know more about AI art find it less ethical

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Rampant growth of satellite mega constellations could ruin the night sky

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The secret to guessing more accurately with maths

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Michael Pollan explains why AI will never replicate human consciousness

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Is AI conscious? Michael Pollan weighs in on the debate

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Eating less protein may slow liver cancer growth, study finds

The 'Great Texas Freeze' killed thousands of purple martins: Biologists worry recovery could take decades

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Fluorescent imaging reveals how a global parasite develops, opening new paths for drug treatment

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Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

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This ancient sea creature may already have had a brain

Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way

Electrons catapult across solar materials in just 18 femtoseconds

AI blood test finds silent liver disease years before symptoms

Scientists discover the switch that revives exhausted cancer-fighting T cells

Upconversion materials: A new frontier in solar water-splitting

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Gets the Celebrity Treatment

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Elephants avoid humans far more than baboons, waterbucks or antelopes

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Humpback whale recovery is changing who fathers the calves

Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t crash into the moon after all

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Your Biological Clock is More Complex Than You Think

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Scientists finally see the atomic flaws hiding inside computer chips